Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1894, Page 1

SS =e ~ — THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY PXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR PUILDINGS, 110], Penaeylvania Avera, Cor. Lith Street, by ihe Evening Star Newspapr Company, SH KAUFFMAN |, Pres*t. Few York Ofice, $9 Potter Building Vor 85, No. 21,02¢. ‘WASHINGTON, D. 0; MONDAY, OOTOBER 22, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. THOMAS B. REED cares The Opportunity That Will Come to the Man From Main CLAINS OF THE EX-SPEAKER’S FRIENDS Based on the Butterworth Inter- view in The Star. oo CAL PARTY L > THE LOG ZADER } The observation of Mr. Benjamin Butter- worth to The Star on Saturday, potnting out that if the republicans carried the next House Thomas B. Reed, Sp that would have a great opp has ted the admirers of the Mafne states- man hei Butter- orth to nt with assura n to ful itsel ason to believe, had probabl: opportunity by which M ve his party and the ve any opp his own individual fortunes. Mr. | Eutterworth w a candi- the out-and- : name nomination for sugsestion of any | has no other | at 1 ~ on his the neat H ain to be republican by a | safe majority, a Mr. ed os ceriain to | be Speaker not only by the unanimous vote, | of tus party, but by such enthusiastic choice } ake bim the central figure of the | y will be plain before him, and | al to it. The count.y” will a conservative revision of . always in the direction of protee- tien, and he er, with full power in the rakir ‘= and means com- Mitte, will select th tts to execute his ecmm! and assist them in their work. Mr. Reed, his admirers claim, is an excel- lent judge of men, and the clearest fea of all the republican lead s to just what the tariff s They are hing but succe come out of such an opportunity falli the lot of such a man. Ne Rival in the is necessary to the busi eee therefo! to make The Reed men make another point. The Maine statesman, they declare, will be without the semblance of a rival in the Next House. He will tower over all his fellows, and would make measures to suit Bimself. The sit different in the Fifty-first ¢ Kthough he de- feated his riva!s for the speakership easily he was not so great a man then as he is now. He had not then made the reputation for resolution and tirm parliamentary grasp njoys. He was then merely | with wit and unequaled . He v regarded as »st parllamentary authori- in th next House, nor any up to his stature as a J est republican Mr. Bur- uted to the Fows, Senate, finally div plac vuld hard- ly expect, ¢ ; » speak- ership and ir hig and | means. Kut whether Burrows or Payne or | 8 can r no m of the . the Reed men as- Speaker would be overshadowing figure, fret day | inst ation. Mr. Reed's friends dec he needs no | such ws tariff steps ay take Bouse of ever was an In the lower leny that he t or any public 4 Congress will tions of the » nterests of the country. Pi the guide post. : party be kept in the middle of the r This whole ¢ alation gives Mr. Reed this eat promin and will be, | hedules, but | cations that will © the logical k stam!s only for the ates. uch in times emt pinch This expe Harrison of the t st feather in his cap. Bo, it : ai will step to the front amdlard: iirst, by Feason of what the party | stands for in Its latest position; se nt the moder of the new tariff pill, the party is third, by re Ges 8 very able men, at present, i a s |} pon which | tion: and, Bissell Tells An vesting Story in Hix Report. report of F will contain rd nm the manner h the mall 1 during the stri Although wn that the strikers conceded ual ster inte Gen- k 1 kn the rizht to tree passage without interrup- | tion of n . yet there was a delay | end in ¥ western city great quantit was stacked up. Post- ted promptly ana } sixty additional | axo and strict | matter | vie ready ains were not and when it was | gent the work the postal clerks was made easter sorting which | the extra fore ad done. Every | Western city w vw the mails to uc-} te. The report of Mr. Bissell will Bot show the ay tion of the public of he manner in wht Ged, but there is on Many letters from business men from all tions of the west congratulating Mr. Il upon the speedy delivery of mails, h the mails were han- le in the department withstanding the strike and the de- trains. There probably will be no mendations in the report concerning strike; it ts thought that strikes are @mergencies that must be met by the postal @uthorities when they arise with the best e@ossible methods. | peric ~sides, there we Me- h beaten for Speaker, figure on the Hour as | Ways and means, and the Congress seif, But there will | Civilians Will | tained by | be a civilian. Jeur in | the act of February 18, 187 A NOVEL PLAN FFOPOSED|M’KINLEY'S ATTACK Gen2:al Wheaton Suggests afWay for Sol- diers to Enter the Civil Bervice. Other Interesting Advice Contained in His Report on the Depart- ment of Texa The annval report of Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, commanding the Department of ‘Texas, shows that the troops in that de- partment are in excellent condition, and it abounds in valuable suggestions. For one thing, not a single commissioned oftl- cer’ was arrested or brought to trial dur- ing the year, the infractions of discipline were few and insignificant, and the court- martials were less in number than during the previous year. The class of men en- listed is much more Intelligent and satis- factory than ever before recruited. Self- respecting men of character, learning that they may now find in the army congenial, reputable and intelligent asso- ciates, and the reduction of the enlistment to three years is expected to still better the personnel. Soldiers and the Civil Service. To still further improve the condition of the soldier, Gen. Wheaton suggests that @re a reward an honorably discharged pri vate be given a “civil service certificate” frer servi ears or more, insur- ing him pref. a certain grades of government employment. Such a law would speedily stimulate and tmprove the military arm, dispeliing the feeling of discontent nd unrest in times of peace by securt to the faithful lier a passport to pre. erment in civil service, while the certiti- cate of high character and reliability w tend to secure him service in private life. ‘Increase of Force Deemed Necessary, r the Rio Grande bor- der, usually so turbulent, has been very quiet. Nevertheless Gen. Wheaton recom- mends a substantial increase of his forces. He suggests permanent and larger posts and better quarters. The regiment of cav- alry taken away in 1888 should be replaced, two mounted troops should be stationed at Fort. Bliss, Fort McIntosh should be cated and enlarged to a garrison of four ys of cavalry and two companies of infantry, Fort Brown garrison should be materially increased and at Eacle Pass there should be an adequate garrison of at least one company of infantry and two troops of cavalry. For all of these increases Gen. Wheaton gives substantial reasons in his report. During the last ye e+ A HOSPITAL CoRPs. Important Recommendation by Surg. Gen. Tyron of the Navy. Surgeon Gen. Tyron, in his annual report, recommends the establishment of an organ- ized hospital corps in the navy. He says that a simple station on shore should be used exclusively for examining the recruits, and that far greater care is required in the selection of crews for the new cruisers than in the old ships, where, during long cruises, the men lived practically in the open air and their physical condition fnproved after enlistment. Now the conditions are reversed and fhe crew spends much less time in the open air, thereby necessitating a higher anding of heaith in the enlistment. The surgeon general also recommends that offi- cers of the corps be detailed as naval medi- cal attaches to the American embassies in arupe. egerd to the W, An shington navy yard he admissions to the sick returned to duty, 44 we to the hospital and er of sick days was ( of inj among workm 1 attention. There were 172 marines diarrhoea pr: nd malarial fever id typho-n in the he of diphtheria, child of laria pital. One fatal the 6th street section of the rn limit of the mdition at mptied u ‘The sewag id the but rather s ee it, ved to spread it dislod; the iow water front of the yard. T te of affairs has been somewhet improve ning and ning the channel ward the ma This work was t the expen yard. city ities, who ha n made aware of ondition of aff: id give the r prompt and thorough attention.” — ——— RMY INDIAN A 1 « Be Appointed to the Viaces Usually Held by Onicers, While ihe Indian officials at one ume owed a di to appoint civilians vs Indian agents place of army oilicers rs he where army off re been relieved, it has now been determined to il such vy | cancles my officers. The War be partme n asked to designate army officers ch case. Dur- ing the er r were erai in- ances where some dissatisfaction was felt by the army officers who were assigned to Indian agencies, and the Indian officials wer vinced that the best interests of the Indians would be subserved by having civil ointed. This bas been changed somew who Is turn of Secretary Smith, of the opinions en dent on this sub; he law is rather explicit awd says that rmy officers must be designated unless in the opinion of the President there should Before a civilian is appointed be made plain to the President that action 1s necessary. In cases whe ent vacancies exist It has not been ade apparent that army officers will not vod for the service. Several civilian ms huve been made for th all the candidates are ¢ to disappomtment. —--+ @¢ ——____ THE GEORGIA COUNTY RONDS. Attorney Generr® Olney Decides ey Wilt Not Conflict With the Banking Laws. In a letter to the S ury today, Attorney ¢ “I have yours of eretary of the Treas- eral Olney say the 17th instant, in which you request my opinion upon the Question whether the proposed Issue of in- terest-beuring bonds by the county commis- slovers of Floyd county, will be in con- th the banking laws of the United s. You inclese the opinion of the solicitor of the treusury to the effect that such issue, if made, will not conflict with the banking laws of the United States, and, for the reasons given by the solicitor, I con- th: jon. As the question whether sv ds, if issued, will be sub- fect to taxation under sections 19 and 20 of does not arise upon any fxets now existing, and is one upon which my opinion is not’ asked, I ex- ptess no opinion respecting tt It is stated at the Treasury Department that Secretary Carlisle did not submit the question as to the liability of such bonds to tax for the simple reason that he has no d@oult on the question. He holds that if the proposed bonds circulate as currency, they will unquestionably be subject to the tax of ten per cent under the act of February, 1875. lo- } an efficer, oc- | n |? ble tide did not | He Enters the State of the Author of the Wilson Bill. OVATION GIVEN HIM AT HUNTINGTON Democratic Dissensions in the Fourth District. DISCUSSING THE TARIFF eee: Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HUNTINGTON, W. VA., October 22.— Gov. MeKinley entered the fourth con- gressional district today to drive a big re- pubilcan wedge into an already visible crack in an otherwise soiid democratic majority. The wedge was driven amid great republican enthusiasm and under most auspicious circun Ss. Large crowds came into the city from the ad- joining towns and county precincts and swelled the population of this city to 15,000 or 18,000 for the occasion, The streets are alive with republican outers and gaudy with McKinley badges and banners, and the staid and sober city of Huntington is in a hilarious state of political intoxica- tion. Everything is McKinley tod. his portion of the fourth district, at ent represented by Mr. Capehart in is normally democratic, but un- s conditions the prospects are by republican managers to be bright for republican success, { Phe Democratic Split. There is a big split among the demo- crats growing cut of the contest for United States nator original come to affect even the congressional and state campais The factional division ts so marked that Mr. Capehart, who was recently renominated. It constrained to aecline the renomination a few days there- after, declaring that he would be slaugh- ered in the house of his friends. It was nyt a Nght on Capehart especigily, but a feud growing out of the conduct of the convention which nominated him, partici- pated in by the factions of Senaior Camden and ex-Governor Wilson, the rival aspirant for the senatorship. ‘The democratic managers then nodiinated Judge Harvey, and insist that the factions are reconciled through him. This is de- nied by the ublic who claim that bad blood still exists and that it will be demonstrated by many democrats remain- ing away from the polls on election day. ‘the republicans ci%m that the time 1s ripe for reducing the democratic majority in Huntington, overcoming it in the other portions of the district and electing Col. Miller, the republican candidate for Con- gress. Huntington, which is a solid and for- merly prosperous city of 12,000 or more, 1s passing through a period of unprecedented depression. The manutacturing concerns which support the clty nave been closed for a year. The farmers in the surround- ing river bottoms cannot their _pro- ducts, business of all kinds is flat and the democrats are blamed for it. In the coal and lumber counties up the river prepara- tions are under way to mect the reduction in tariff and the employes are grumbling. At Centeal City, J below, the ~ works are closed. Confident Gibbons. Chairman Gibbons of the republican con- gressional committee returned night from a tour of the upper counties and ‘told The Star correspondent that there is every indication of large republican gains The majority of over 2.000 which Mr. ceived two years ago is al- reduced, he said, by the revuit ul Who indorsed Capehart be sre Mow running thelr own ecan- draw a aimost entirely fre ranks. ‘11 iblicans are and enthy the dem- ed and apatheti in th democratic country districts ine farm re 1 with the recor of © democrat They have rem away from the democrauc campaign m pathetic toward the ined } ing: srry the distriet popularity of Judg the district will he: and counteract possible He dem: Hary onal trouble es in other sec tions. said tha ralic manager ure absolutely confident of su These, then, are the conditions existing at the time of Gov. McKinley's entrance into the district, With the perturbed and dis- ordered sta E rong the demo- "a nd the geueral restlessness of the a c expect Goy. McKinley to arouse republican enthu- siesm by promises of better times and brighter hope for the future under repub- lican tidal administration, which cs of republicanism all the disordered clements of the acy and sweep the country. Gov. MeKinley’s Arrival. Gov. McKinley was met at the depot by several bands and an immens throng of people, who escorted him through the city shovting and cheering, while the sidewalks were lined with the visitors from other points, who came in on excursion trains by every 1oad and drove in from the country. The ovation tendered Gov. McKinley was of the most enthuslastic cha er, and oc- currirg, as it did, in the heart of an osten- sibly democratic district, was all the more appreciable. He bowed his acknowledg ments fo the crowd, and seemed touched by the reception tendered him, After a mid- day diner he was escorted to the opera house to deliver speech. The structure was packed te overflowing, and the streets were illed with those who could not get in. His appearance upon the siage was the signal for long-continued applause, and the enee could not be quieted for some time. y. McKinley made a speech suited to audience, touching upon those things which were nearest to the interests of the people of the community. You peopie of the south,” he sald, “are trying to get northern capital to come here to develop your resources and establish industries. Your hills and forests yield what nature with lavish hand has bestowed, everything ne y for the establishment of great industries. You have water power and cheap transportation,with an extensive market within easy reach of you. All you want is money to turn your crude material into finished products, “You ask the north to send its money and promise exemption from taxation as one inducement. “How do you expect northern capital to invest here when you at the ballot box ad- vocate a policy absolutely destructive to the interests which you solicit? You break dewn the defenses of protection by which the manufacturers and the laborers are en- abled to thrive in the face of competition from other countries. How can you with one hand beckon the manufacturer to come into your country and with the other cast a ballot which is to destroy the only foun- dation upon which his prosperity and your prosperity depends—the protective tariff? The Home Market for Farmers. “You farmers, too, are Interested in this,” continued the governor, “‘You have been told by democratic orators that free trade will furnish a foreign market for your products. That idea is a delusion. There is no market for you equal to your own home market. You have free trade between your States because we are all one people and one country, with the same interests, You eannot have free trade with other coun- tries because they are your business rivals. See what the mere prospect of a step to- il start a which will mn: jeral minutes. ward free trade has done for you, even be- fore the step is taken. Prices of farm products were never so low as they are now at the very outset of the low tariff reign. “It 1s so all through the history of this country. Our most prosperous times have been during periods when the protective policy was enforced, and the most disa: trous eras were those when a tariff for rev- enue or free trade was advocated. All the great and prosperous nations of the world except England are living and thriving un- der the policy of a protective tariff, and free trade can be said to be exclusively an Engiish idea, necessarily hostile to the bust- ness welfare of the United States, This question of the tariff is entirely a business one and should be considered in that light, free from every other consideration, politi- cal or sectional. “For that matter the republican party has always been considerate of the inter- ests and welfare of the south, and in legis- lating for the nation has never forgotten the south. “The people of this country are already disgusted with the democratic administra- tion. The democratic party has betrayed its pledges and the democratic Congress has legislated agafnst the material welfare of the country.” “In your own state two great interests, lumber and wool, have been stricken dow and a third, your coal product, has been crippled. How can you support’ the policy which does this?” After talking to the people in this plain fashion upon their own business affairs ernor McKinley discussed the tariff in a al way and pointed out the advin- which would accrue to the whole country from the adoption of the protective tari policy and the return of the republi- can party to power. Gov. McKinley made a hit by speaking of the divided Gemecracy of the country, their family squabbles and inability to agree vpon any definite poli He besought the recple to core under the wings of a party which ts moving forward in a straight line to a fixed point—the best interests of the whole people. He was frequently interrupted plavse, and at the conclusion of his s a tumult of enthus n prevailed for sev- Gov. McKinley will continue the campaign in the state, and will speak at rlesion, Point Ph nt, Parkersburg 4 other points, and in Ohio, across the river from Wheeling. THE DOCKERY EXPERTS Business Methods in the Interior Depart- partment Being Investigated. Changes in the Mode of Disposing of Probably Be Suggested to the Commission. Land Contests Wi The experts of the Dockery commission are now giving their attention te the In- terior Department. A careful investigation is being made by them to see if the business methods in the department can be improved. Many suggestions have been offered, but as yet nothing definite in the way of a re- port has been decided wygn. The methods of disposing of public land matters have re- ceived some attention, and the experts be- Neve that a way of improvement will be found which can be put in practical opera- tion. They find that in the matter of land contests, a subject that occupies the atten- tion of many clerks and officers of the seneral land office and Interior Department, there should be, if possible, a change. At present a contest is made before the land office in the west, the testimony is taken before the re and receiver, and the « de them. If either party dissatis peal is taken to the ger i where the testimony ts " and in the se of months or @ year a decision is made. Then, if th parties are so disposed, another appeal c be taken to the y of the Interior, and here th may 2 @ year or ore before it is tine Tie Remedy Proposed. en this does not mean a permanent ad- Judication, for either party could take the vase Into the courts, where it would have its final settlement. It could not be ap- pealed from the Secretary of the Interior to the courts, but could be commenced. It has uggested to the the right of tes the case along for se expe »peal, which car- ral years, ought to be stopped, and that a decision by the smmissioner | of Ub nd offic should be tinal so far government eve “the Secre- ssistant attor- J of judicial work which is now perfurmed. If the e: should recommend and the Dockery ) this method of 1, ‘This woul comm! ending appea commissioner it probably would meet with a great deal of opposition from several quarters. In the urst place, the land attorneys would oppose ch un innovation, because it would y reduce their practice before the d partment. As to what position any Secr tary of th Interior might take is ter of doubt. While he would be rel: a great deal of work and re it 1s doubtrul if he would conse: ering his own authority from one of the important branches of the department. Answers to the Arguments. This is answered by those who propose the scheme by saying that the Secretary could sul have supervision and could direct the commissioner to conform to his view in im- portant cases, It is also claimed that there is no reason why the commissioner should not be as well able to decide as the Seer tary, and as the land department is not a court of final resort anyway the case might as well be decided on one appeal as two. It is likely that should the commission make a recommendation such as indicated an effort would be made by many Congressmen to make the legislation still more radical and do what bas often been suggested—turn ail public lands over to the states in which they are situated and close up the government's connection with the land business as soon as possible. The experts or the commission will hardly make any such recommendation, | although it is known that this phage of the matter has been considered, _ COMPLETING THE CENSUS. Commissioner Wright Says the Work Will Be Finished by Next March, The regular work of the eleventh census will be completed within a few months. A recent act of Congress requires the census to be finished by March 4 next. No doubt as to the ability of the office to accomplish this is felt among officials here. Commis- sioner of Labor Wright, in charge of the census, faid: if “I see no reason why the bureau cannot finish its work by the date set by law. All ‘copy’ for the volumes to be pubiished will be ready long before then. Every feature of the census has been accomplished as I anticipated a year ago, and in the time I supposed it would be, e ‘The only reports so far published are: Wealth, debt and taxation, first volume re- lating to the public debt; mineral industries, Alaska, and parts one and two @f the com- pendium. The remaining volumes are: Popu- jation, two volumes; vital statistics, three volumes, the latter including social sta- tistics of cities; insane, feeble ded, deaf and blind; crime, pauperism and benevo- lence; churches, manufactures,’ three vol- umes; second volume of wealth, debt and taxation, relating to valuation and taxation; insurance, two volumes; agriculture, irriga- tidn, fisheries, transportation, two volumer; Indians, real estate mortgages, farms and homes, part 8 of the compendium, statis- tical atlas, digest and monographs not ap- pearing in final reports.” \juring th — Che Evening Star. TWO CENTS, MR. APSLEY TALKS|EVERYTHING IN READINESS! GP, CLARK He is Confident of a Working Re- publican Majority. ee alee WILSON AND HOLMAN T0 BE DEFEATED Gen. LeFevre’s Doleful View as to the Result in Ohio. DRIFT ALL ONE WAY Congressman Apsley of Massachusetts, vice president of the republican congres- sioral committee, has arrived here to take charge until the end of the campaign. He has been here much of the summer co-oper- ating with Chairman Babcock. The latter has left to look after matters in his own district, and Mr. Apsley will remain until election. He assumes charge at a very crit- ical time, for it is during the last two weeks of a cempaign that great mistakes or great successes are often made. Mr. Apsley 1s exceedingly confident and hopeful of the re- sult of the election. He has hitherto said very little, but he said today: “I do not conceal my conf.dence that the republicans will have a gcod working ma- jority, and will organize the next House. The people of the north, I know, have not attached much importance to reports that there could be republican gains In the south. They have practically abandoned hope as to the country south of the Potomac river. But I think we can safely rely upon repub- lican gains from Vire 4 and, West Virginia, North Carolina, ynessee and Loufsiava. There ts not the danger of fraud that there once was. The men who are running on the republican ticket under- Stand their rights, and know how to main- tain them. Contident of Wilson's Defeat. “As for Chairman Wilson of West Vir- ginla, I am contident he will be defeated. They are making tremendous efforts to save him. The democrats are using large sums of money in that district in his interest. iexcursions are being organized, and rail- road tickets are given away as freely as street car tickets. But I believe that Mr. Wilson will be beaten, and think that he is himself confident of his defeat. “Our understanding is also that Holman will be defeated. That report has been heard in so many campaigns that it will probably not be credited; but the informa- now points to his certain defeat. pringer of Ilinois is also in v seri- ous peril. Maj. Conolly, who is the candi- date against him, is exceedingly popular, both in his own party and in the democrat- fe party, while Springer is being strongly opposed ‘by some of his own party.” Gen, LeFevre Dolet Ex-Congressman Ben. Le Fevre of Ohio takes a very doleful view of the situation in his state. Fresh from the state which he has served so many years in Congress, he said to a democrat, who is a personal friend, in the gr confidence: “If we work without interruption until election day and make no misiakes, and are perfectly united, I believe that we shall be able to keep the republican majority in Ohio down to one hundred thousand.” The i.formation secmed to be too amusing to be kept, and although Ben LarFevre e the statement in the utme his democratic friend. Kd mot re- train himself from taking others into his confidence and with them the public. Drift All One Way. Butterworth, in addition to the com- on the situation which he made Saturday, says this of bis western t earnest- Gen, ve given the month of October to the republican congressional eainy 4 commit- 5 on the stuup. Lam traveling from > west to the east. 1 have been in Ne- ka, Iowa, Illinois, and am going to York. It seems to me that the drift is all one w In Nebr: where the Pcpulists have been so Important a factor in poktics, there is certain to be a general om. 1 told the peuple from the stump that their indorsement of populism was ia- busines interests and the credit s Some said to me that the in- rmation would not be welcome, and would I found, on the contra tuat men very gene ed with me. 1 di covered that the democratic business men of Nebraska and Kansas are generally e the republican ticket, in order to rid their state of the incubus of populism and to restore them to the rich state, tu the prosperity at heme and the credit abroad Which they deserve. The democratic bu hess men are suspicious of the democra politicians, because they have the past to unions with the pe have bec onsented in lists, and me to much Involved with them. he Situation in fowa. “In Iowa,” said Ge Butterworth, “I found that the democrats have made a eral fusion with the populists, and are be- ing cbmpelled to support their most fanci ful doctrine, The populists have platforn which declare, in a general way, that ever thing that ts is wrong, and that everythin not is right. ‘They have indursc hing that is fanc Tidiculous ani impossible in government. Their entire drit is toward absolute state paternalista ani socialism. ‘The quence is that sted the democrats who ar: business men, and thousands of common sense democrats who are not business men. and that these democrats will do nothin. to ald in this union. Towa, it seems ty mo, will be overwhelmingly republican ———- e+ __, THE WRIT GRANTED. Judge Cox Grants the Stamp Robbers a Writ of Habeas Corpu: Mr. A. F. Hyman, counsel for Wm. B. Smith, the young man who, with Geo. W Longstreet, was committed to jail by Judge Miller last week cn a charge of stealing Stamps from the bureau of engraving and printing, this morning endeavored to obtain a writ of habeas corpus in favor of the ac- cused. The petition for the writ alleges that the prisoner is unlawfully detained be- cause neither the Police Court nor the Su- preme Court of the District has jurisdiction over the alleged offense. The statute, con- tends the petitioner, gives jurisdiction in such cases—thefts from the government— only to United States circuit courts, and he claims that neither of the two courts is a circuit court of the United States. ‘The petition was first presented to Judge McComas, who suggested that some other judge be asked to issue the writ. Mr. iy- man then presented it to Judge Cole, who promptly refused to issue it. “Why,” remarked Judge Cole, “if your contention be correct no one could be pun- ished in the District for stealing from the government.” ‘Well, your honor,” replied Mr. Hyman, “we boldly claim that.” . “It is too bold a claim,” decided Judge Cole. “There is nothing in it, and I wilf not grant the petition. Besides, it is a matter which cen be raised after an indictment.” Judge Cox Grants the Writ. Attorney Hyman later made application to Judge Cox for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the Police Court acted wholly withcut jurisdiction of the alleged theft of the stamps and that William B. Smith is unlawfully restrained of his lb- erty and detained at the District jail by Warden Leonard. Judge Cox ordered the writ to issue, re- turnable before the Criminal Court on Wed- nesdsy next, October 24. in | The White Honse Prepared for the Presi- dential Family's Retura. Will Leave Gray Gables Today or To- morrow—Mr. Cleveland Not Ex- pected to Stop in New York. The White Hcuse ts In a state of com- plete readiness for the return of the presi- dential fanilly, which is now looked for at any day. Although no definite word as to when the party will start for this city has been received at the White House as yet, the impression prevalis among those whose business it is to kncw euch things that the President ard family will leave Gray Gables this evening pessibly, and certainly not later than tomorrow. Whether they will come straight thrcugh or stop off at New York or elsewhere en route is a matter of pure speculation as yet at this end of the line. It is believed, however, that Mrs. Cleveland and the babies will make a visit of several Gays to friends in New England, and that the President will come straight through to this city without stop, notwith- standing the great pressure that is being exerted to have him stop off at New York en route, for the purpose of giving encour- agement to the democratic campaign in that State, either by word or deed, or both. An Ind ment Wanted, His prompt indorsement of the entire state Ucket is anxiously desired by the party managers, although it is said that he has not been formally requested thera to do 80, The impression prevails that whatever the President proposes t do in this will be : after his return to this city, and that he will not nin it convenient to visit N York city on his way. So far as his pians can be i wed it, advan he wili make the trip me in € the same way that he way, In this event the trip from S to Jersey Cily will be made revenue steamer Rodgers, and the trip from Jersey City to Washington in a ial car over the Pennsylvania road. tus would require on'y the single trans- fer at Jursey City, the leas: possible intrusion. from the public. Benetited by His Ho y- His holiday has lasted nearly two months and has been of great benefit to his health, so much so that he has been able to dis- pense with the services of the physician who accompanied him to his summer home on Buzzard’s bay. It is said that the Presi- dent’s cottage near Tenleytown wiil nol be recpened before next spring. Private Sec- retary Thurber will arrive here this even- ing from his home in Michigan. The entire clerical force at the White House is now the President to again resume active con- trol of pubiic affairs. —_———-e+____ ON TRIAL MARLBORO’. One of the Suspected Murderers of Lioyd Vermi Special Dispateh to The Evening Star, MARLBORO’ Md., October 22.—Benj. Lawson, Asa Hamilton, Tucker and John E. Lawson, who were indicted for the murder ot Lioyd Vermillion on the night of Sep- tember 1, here, were arraigned this morn- ing before Judges Briscoe and Brooks. Messrs. Chas.tl. Suanley and &. Ford Combs, counsel of the defense, asked that a change of venue be granted tn the case of Benj. F. Lawson, who, in an affidavit, swore that it was tmposstble for tim to get a fair and impartial trial. The court granted this and moved the trial to Annapolis. sel for the defense objected to he understood that it was expensive to Prince George’s couny the case moved there. ‘This not satistying the ¢ then that Lawson had been there be and the court ordered hin to be Uied at Rock- ville ot court, which is in November. r Was then taken back to the be tried. 1 for detense, Stated that his facher, » was with him in the Case, Was Unavoid. y and Was not ready for trial. Th byec to this aud usked the court that Tucker be tried first. The court decided in faver of Mr. Rogers, and the case was postponed until after the trial of John E. Lawson, The state asked the the case until Was retused. Lawson's case was called and a The court house was crowded. Charles H. Stanley and R. Ford Combs appear lor the Lawson brothers, and J *. Kogers and father for Tucker. State's Attorney Srandt, assisted by Geo. &, Merrick, represents the state. The crime fur which these men are to be tried is the murder of Livyd Vernullion, the brother of Joe Vermillion, who was lynched here tor barn buraiag. On September 1 he tb leit tne town alive with the Lawsens and Tucker and was fouad outside of the court to postpone tomorrow morning, which town iuuits uext morning dead. At the jury of inquest tesumony was produced implicating the parties now on rial. Benj. LauWoun Was convicied im ISS) of man- slaughter at Annapolis, a ined 320, Lie Killed an old colurad man with a club. = MAAY Lost THEIR ALL. og tp “Blind Pool” Speculating Comcerus at isburs. SBUKG, Pa., October 22.—The news of the Closing up by the police of the Puv- ic Stock aud iroduce Exchange, a “dis- cretionary concern, vrougut today sTeat crowds of investors from tae country salto lowl. Jnelr presence reveals how in- teresis spread into Ue eperations of these concerus, and fully contirms the previously published estimate of the number of per- sons who had invested money in these schemes. The Delaneys, who operated the Public Stock and Produce Exchange, se- cured their release on bail for a hearing this evening. At the ottice this morning iney announcea to their clients that as their books were in the hands of the police they woulu be unabie to pay out money or transact any business except to receive no- tices of withdrawal of deposits. All the “discretionary pools” have a clause in their agreements by which they can insist upon a thirty days’ notice of withdrawal, at the op- tion of the managers. ‘The Consolidated Stock and Produce Com- pany, another discretionary pool, did not open its doois this morning. Hundreds of investors who went into the office to with- draw their deposits were confronted with a notice that the concern had suspended tem- porarily. Washington Force, the manager, was not there, and no one appeared able to give any information as to his present whereabouts. Other pools are expected to suspend at any moment, and excitement among the in- vestors is running hight. By the books of the Delaneys it is shown that over half of the Investors were women, most of them domestics and washwomen, who fancied they had found an easy road to wealth and who placed all their little savings in these concerns. Another class of investors who will suffer severely is composed of men who were thrown out of work by the late finan- cial depression, and who, with their fami- les, were iiving upon the money saved in more prosperous times. They thought by investing in these pools that they could live upon the dividends and thus keep their Uttle capital intact. Many of these find themselves at the approach of winter with- out a dollar. poor by } and would jvsure him | on duty and everything is in readiness for | Montgomery county, at the next term | ments. These fous6t pubficifp—not merefp Space, SON HERE nn He Thinks Morton's Election in New York is Assured. DEMOCRATS WORKING FOR THE STATES —>—__— Republican Prospects in Delaware and Louisiana. APATHETIC TOWARD _ HILD Gen. John 8S. Clarkson, chairman of the national republican executive committes, reached the city this morning from New York. He visited the republican congres« sional committee's headquarters on Dela ware avenue during the day, and had @ consultation with Acting Chairman Apsley concerning the general situation. Gen Clarkson said that the situation In New York today was most encouraging to the republicans, and he belleves that the eleoe tion of Morton is assured by a large mes Jority, The congressional fightghe added, Was in excellent shape, and he does not belleve that ihe democrats can possibly re- tain their majority In the House. All the tendency in the country cast the Mis- | Sourl, he went on, ts republicaa now, an@ this is increasing as election day ape proaches. But in the west, thet is west of the Missouri river, the sivzation is different, There is @ markel leanng amon: the peo- ple toward populism, and this complicates matters very much. EQorts of the Democrats, Gen, Clarkson said that it had come te the knowledg? of the national republican | Committee that che democrais, having prace j ically given up hope of carrying the next House by a majority of the me » had Now concentrated thelr energies upon an effort to secure a majority of the states, To this end, he said, they are putting large sums of money intu ihe northwest, par- ticularly among the smaller states, where the majorities have hither been small and where the Increased senUment of the People toward populism has cted une | Tepubiican strength. he ob * of the Gemvcrats is not, of course, to carry the State tickets in these tocalities so much ae t capture 4 con. st seat here and there and 89 possibly control the Gelega- tious. In zhose small states—smeii tn gcpu. lation if not in area—the delegations are | not so large but that a change from cne | party to the other In one dranct may change the voic? of the d. jon mm cone its vote should be required on a presidential contest in the Liouse. Gen, Clarkson intimated to the newspaper men at headquarters that the members of the national committee had learned of this effort of the Gemucrats in time to offset It, they noped, by making a more vigorous mpaigh in the northwest than heretofore, It would appear as though this campoign on the part of the democrats has heen some= What quietly conducted and that the re publicans have been in a measure sure prised. Some Republican Hopes. But tt would seem now that the repubs cans are hoping to capture quite a num | ber of delegatio: in the cast that have noB® heretofore been considered as likely to turn from the democratic list. For i- stance, in Delaware, where there is but one ntative, the latest news is that the ‘blican candidate in that district has excelient reason to hope fur clecilon, even nough the legis which is to clect @ Is nator Higgins, may be demo- e news from L | cheering to the committee | following telegram was s morn dec ¥ McKee avid SB secretary of th al repub= mmittee of L wwv. Mee y received grand ovation vurteen and people welcomed him aod Hstened to his great spe it has won the battle for us. With a fair count we will carry all of our districts.” s means the th ricts in which the republican Uckets have been ratified by the anter bolters, 7 are six districts in the state, so that pture of thre split the delex not gaining the by state democrats. by the republicans will to a Ue and, although yublicans any in the vote will cause a loss of one to the Though a presidential election t rever yet been determined by w House after the manner prescribed by the Constitution, it is probable that the courts would hold that a tied delegation could not cast a vote on one side or the ot mcouragement er. im New lork. Representative W. B. Hooker, the sitting rict of New member in the thirty-fourth dis York, who ts a candidate for re the republican ticket, called at h during the morning and reported to Chair- man Apsley that the outlook in his district and his part of th state was very flatter. ans. He was elected in by nearly 10,000 majority, and he ex- pects that this will be largely increased th year. He reports that the people of the northern and western parts of the state are very enthusiastic over the candidacy of Mr, Morton, and he predicts that Morton will secure @ tremendous majority in those sec- tions, which are largely affected by Cana- dian importations under the new tariff law, Mr. Hooker says that the feeling is ali tending now in favor of repubincan success, and he locks fo> some surprising results on h of November » situation in New York continues to be the focal center of attention, ani the latest details that are brought to this city are most eagerly discussed by those around headquarters, Mr. Apsley said this morn- ing to a Star reporter that the news that Croker ha@ taken the helm for the Tam- many democracy in New York city is good news to him. “I consider it.” he said, “as still another complicution in the situation that cannot fail to help our cause in the city. It is simply another affront to the factions that are now allied against the ma- chine, and the fight has at last become a square one between Tammany and all the anti-Tammany elements In New York. I believe that our chances for success are growing brighter every day on this ec- count.” Apathetic Toward 1 A well-known Washingtonian who went to New York during last week and return- e4 to the city yesterday says that the ten- dency in the city among democrats ts very apathetic toward the candidacy of Mr. HN. He says that he had occasion during his stay to go on business errands among the merchants of the lower part of the city, and he Geclares that he could not tind a demo- crat who would say that he intended to vote elther fo> Grant or for Hill. ‘The indi- cations, he said, are strong that there will be a tremendous stay-at-home vote a the democrats this year. Lockwood Brown, he added, will probably run ahead of the ticket. Me ns Work Virginia, P. H. McCaull, republican candidate for the House fn the eighth Virginia, speaks today et Fauquier Court House. He said this morning, as he passed throurh the city, that the indications now are that if he does not actually defeat Mr. Merodith, th tic nominee, be will greatly re- duce his majority. ee oes Fatal Explosion tu Greece. A warrant bas been issued for W: ATHENS, October 22—A powder mifll ton Force, manager of the Consulidetea me. exploded here today; six workmen were Selle tc as Se